Invertebrate zoology : a tree of life approach

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    • Schierwater, B. (Bernd)
    • DeSalle, Rob

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Invertebrate zoology : a tree of life approach

Bernd Schierwater, Rob DeSalle

Taylor & Francis, 2021

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Summary: "This book presents a comprehensive overview of invertebrate organismal zoology (IZ), defining invertebrates as any multicellular organism without a backbone (excluding plants and Fungi). While there are many IZ textbooks on the market, few combine the classical anatomical information with the newer genome level DNA sequence data and evo-devo data for teaching purposes. This book documents the latest research in these areas and combines it with classical information, giving students a unique opportunity to learn the biology of these organisms"-- Provided by publisher

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Invertebrate Zoology: A Tree of Life Approach is a comprehensive and authoritative textbook adopting an explicitly phylogenetic organization. Most of the classical anatomical and morphological work has not been changed - it established the foundation of Invertebrate Zoology. With the explosion of Next-Generation Sequencing approaches, there has been a sea-change in the recognized phylogenetic relationships among and between invertebrate lineages. In addition, the merger of evolutionary and developmental biology (evo-devo) has dramatically contributed to changes in the understanding of invertebrate biology. Synthesizing these three approaches (classical morphology, sequencing data, and evo-devo studies) offers students an entirely unique perspective of invertebrate diversity. Key Features One of the first textbooks to combine classical morphological approaches and newer evo-devo and Next-Generation Sequencing approaches to address Invertebrate Zoology Organized along taxonomic lines in accord with the latest understanding of invertebrate phylogeny Will provide background in basic systematic analysis useful within any study of biodiversity A wealth of ancillary materials for students and teachers, including downloadable figures, lecture slides, web links, and phylogenetic data matrices

Table of Contents

Prologue. Introduction to Invertebrate Zoology. How to Study Invertebrates. Invertebrate Phylogenomics. Modern Invertebrate Systematics: The Phylogenetics of Early Metazoa. Organizing Invertebrates. Introduction to the Invertebrate Tree of Life. Choanoflagellata and others. Placozoa. Porifera. Ctenophora. Cnidaria. Scyphozoa. Anthozoa. Hydrozoa. Myxozoa. Bilataria. Platyhelminthes. Chaetognatha. Gastrotricha. Rotifera. Gnathostomulida, Micrognathozoa and Cycliophora. Lophotrochozoa. Mollusca. Annelida. Ectoprocta and Phoronida. Nemertea. Acanthocephala. Entoprocta. Ecdysozoa. Crustacea. Hexapoda. Chelicerata. Myriapoda. Onychophora. Nematoda. Tardigrada. Nematomorpha, Priapulida, Kinorhyncha. Deuterostomea. Echinodermata. Xenoturbellida. Chordata - Topic Invertebrate Chordates. Epilogue.

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